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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say kept him from cutting his testicles off?
(a) His desire for children.
(b) His aversion to pain.
(c) His loathing for eunuchs.
(d) His familiarity with his testicles.

2. Where does Molloy tell the police he is going?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To the sea.
(c) Home.
(d) To his mother.

3. How long does Molloy say he stayed with Lousse?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A year.
(d) A few years.

4. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By smell.
(b) By taste.
(c) By touch.
(d) By sound.

5. What does Molloy say he was afraid his mother always understood him to be saying with his knocks?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Money.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molloy say two knocks on his mother’s head meant?

2. What does Molloy say was missing when he woke up at Lousse’s house after burying the dog?

3. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?

4. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?

5. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?

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